Alexei Mordashov

Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders.

The steel business is a local business. We do believe in the U.S. economy and would like to have a strong, balanced presence here.

Russia is not a homogenous country; it's a very fragmented country.

You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

When we put $4 billion into the U.S. economy, they were OK with this. When we preserved jobs in Dearborn, or preserved jobs in Columbus, or preserved jobs in Pennsylvania, everyone was happy.